NEWS FROM 'FRISCO

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 594, 27 July 1933, Page 3

NEWS FROM 'FRISCO

MISS MURIEL PAYTON WRXTES Mary Anne has just received a long, ! interesting letter from Miss Muriel i Payton, who,before her departure for San Francisco, was Rotorua's leading golfer on the Arikikapakapa links. -n . her letter, Misg Payton gives a most ' interesting aecount of her impressions j of women's golf in America. Tbe'following are extracts which I am sure 1 will be keenly read by all lady golf- j ing enthusiasts here: — "Of course, as I have only played at odd times during the year that I have been here, I really can only 1 judge the play from an onlooker's point of view — but even so, it may in- 1 terest some of my old friends at Ariki- ! 'kapakapa. "Ten days ago I saw the final of the women's city championship played on one of the municipal courses, Hard_ ing Park. I was not particularly im- | pressed with the play of the finalists. | They were no better than many of our ' New Zealand players, whom I have seen in provincial ehampionships — perhaps not so good. 1 "When I saw Mrs. Leona Cheney ' play and win the North' Californian | championship played at Lakeside, I re- | cognised her as a very good golfer — a lo.ng! hitter and an exceptionally ■good match player. But all the same, both Bessie Gaisford and Oliver Kay, playing up to form, would ohlige her , to produce her best golf to win. "The courses here are longer than in New Zealand. Nearly all are over 6000 yai'ds, as the women play from ' the same tee as the men. I think this ! will gradually be the cause of an iniI provemerit in their golf. In Del ! Monte, on the Monterey Peninsula, S. j California, there is a. young schoolgirl I of 14, Clara Callender, who is going j to be a "world-beater" some day. I i have not seen her play, but at 13 she was the holder of many ehampionships, competing with first-class players. Her handicap is 4, and she is doing scores of 2 or 3 strokes over the par of the course. This year she is again winning and improving. She 1 is a tall, slim girl, so people tell me, I and a daughter of a well-known pro- | fessional. I wonder how many young , New Zealanders are doing scores hetween 78 and 83 on courses over 6000 yards at the age of 14!"